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Estonia - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette

Clare Thomson

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.

Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include:

* customs, values, and traditions
* historical, religious, and political background
* life at home
* leisure, social, and cultural life
* eating and drinking
* do's, don'ts, and taboos
* business practices
* communication, spoken and unspoken

"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel

"... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel

"...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer

"...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine

"...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times

Tallinn, 2nd: The Bradt City Guide (Bradt Mini Guide)

Neil Taylor

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great Guide for Touring Tallinn 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

It was out first trip to Tallinn so we needed to know everything. This little book provided the answers. We maximized our time in the city by reading about the recommended sights to see, how to get there, the costs, if any. Learning about the history of the city gave us an added appreciation of what we were viewing. We learned information about the language, the money exchange, the culture, the restaurants, the hotels, the accessibility of other cities and how to get there. Thanks to this information, we decided to take the Sea Cat to Helsinki for a day - tremendous! If you're going to Tallin, you need this book as your guide.

Editorial Review:

The medieval city of Tallinn is the perfect place for an interesting yet uncrowded visit as part of a tour of the Baltic states. The charming cobbled streets of Old Tallinn are thoroughly covered for visitors, with architectural highlights, local museums, and shops pinpointed. For travelers with time to explore beyond the city, a number of local excursions are provided, including the tranquil island of Aegna and Maarjamäe Palace.

Features include:

*A walking tour taking in the city's history and atmosphere

*Wide-ranging acccommodation, restaurant, cafe, and bar listings

*Museums and other places of interest, plus short excursions

*Clear city maps in color

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

Nicola Williams

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Useful, but needs some work 3 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

As usual, Lonely Planet guides give the most detailed information on the "nuts and bolts" of travel (bus and train instructions, locations and practicalities.) We found this particularly useful in a region where we did not share a common language with the people.

However, tourism to the Baltic region boomed in 2004 with these countries' entry into the EU, making the book's hotel listings completely inadequate. I don't fault the authors/editors for not anticipating the boom, but rather comment that, for example, with only 3000 hotel rooms in Vilnius a guidebook now needs to list a lot more hotles so visitors can hope to get one of those now-coveted rooms!

The other drawback of this book is common to most other Lonely Planet titles: the information on cities, buildings, monuments, etc., is very dry (lacks color) and is overly terse. For such information, I have come to enjoy Rough Guides which usually include enjoyable walking tours of the major tourist areas.

Editorial Review:

Explore beautifully preserved architecture in medieval Tallinn, Art-Nouveau Riga or baroque Vilnius, the Baltics’ dynamic capitals. Cycle around Estonia’s islands, cross-country ski in Latvia or scale the sand dunes of Lithuania’s Curonian Spit. Whatever your pleasure, this bestselling guide will help you connect with this inspirational region.

Sweat It Out in a sauna or comb the countryside for berries and mushrooms – plan your trip with our dedicated activities chapter

Dream Sweetly in family-run guesthouses or boutique hotels – reviews to suit everyone

In-Depth Language Section – useful Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian phrases and food glossaries

Get Around – detailed maps and itineraries to help you navigate the three countries

Be In The Know – in-depth history and culture chapters explain the region’s past and present

Estonia, 5th: The Bradt Travel Guide

Neil Taylor

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Travel information 4 out of 5 stars.
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On a cruise next year, we will be able to spend 9 hours in Tallinn, Estonia. Since we have never been there before, I found this book to be very helpful with a map of the city and interesting places to visit. It was also interesting to read the history about a country so far away. I feel prepared for our trip.

Editorial Review:

As more and more of Estonia opens up properly to tourists, this new fifth edition is inevitably bigger and better than its predecessor. The author provides extensive coverage on new spa hotels and beaches to be explored as well as hidden manor houses and brand new concert halls to enliven stays there.

Features include:

*Fully updated accommodation listings

*New galleries and museums to explore

*A new section on Narva, for travelers en route to Russia

Hedonist's Guide To Tallinn 1st Edition (A Hedonist's Guide to...)

Laurence Shorter

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Ace guide to Tallinn 5 out of 5 stars.
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Absolutely the best guide to the Tallinn night life. Must be a totally indispensible help to anyone organising a stag do! There's definitely some decadent stuff here!

Editorial Review:

Tallinn has always been at the centre of Baltic life, emerging as an important trading port for hundreds of years. The medieval and Hanseatic architecture gives the town and unreal attractiveness, somewhat Disney-esque. The thriving bar and restaurant scene draws visitors from all over the world but in particular Scandinavia and Russia, however it can be difficult to choose the right places and to escape the tourist hordes, which is where we come in. Comprehensively researched A Hedonist's guide to Tallinn shows readers where to really spend the weekend.

Tallinn Insight Pocket Guide

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"The Insight Pocket Guide to Tallinn" offers a wealth of information to help visitors get the most out of Tallinn and its surroundings during a short stay. To this end, "Insight's" expert on Estonia has devised 14 easy-to-follow itineraries linking the essential sights and exploring some hidden gems. Additional sections on history and culture, eating out, shopping and nightlife, plus a calendar of special events will provide a solid amount of background reading before embarking on your trip. A detailed section of practical information covers transport, money matters, communications etc, and includes reviews of hotels and accommodation in all price categories. A free detailed pull out map gives an overview of the tours, but can also be used independently of the guide.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Map (Country Map)

Cartographia

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Ugly and useless 2 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This map is ugly and useless! It is totally green. There is no way to distinguish one country from the next, as everything is green! The lines are all green and the land is colored green, so country borders and terrain are indistinguishable. You can't tell where Latvia ends and Lithuania begins, even if you look up close! The map is printed in an unusual foreign language, too. It's not in French, German, Spanish, or English. I'm not sure what language labels everything. Maybe it's Lithuanian. This map does show major roads in red, but who cares about that?!?

Very useful 5 out of 5 stars.
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The person who wrote the previous review obviously did not know what he/she was talking about. OK, the map mostly has a greenish background, but the major roads are in red, mionor roads in yellow, other roads are in white. Rail lines and waterways are shown, and major sights are printed in red. Place names are printed in the native languages as far as I can tell, which makes sense and is helpful (the highway signs, after all, are in the native language, not English). Borders and border crossings also are clearly shown. I just completed a trip to Latvia and Lithuania, and this map met my needs. If you plan to spend a lot of time driving in the countryside, however, another map with finer scale (this one is 1:700,000) for the particular area you plan to visit would be helpful to take along as well.

Editorial Review:

Folded road and travel map in color. Scale 1:700,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from motorways to secondary roads. Legend includes european roadnumbers, railways, ferry lines, international boundaries, border crossings, National Parks, nature reserves, churches, castles, ruins, museums, camping sites, beaches, viewpoints, golf courses, airports/airfields. Index to place names listed on back of map.

Tallinn, 2nd (Footprint - Pocket Guides)

Clare Thomson

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This lively guide uncovers the pleasures of Estonia’s capital city, from its striking medieval walls to the sophisticated café society behind them. Witty discussions of Estonian culture, from its obsession with cell phones to its enigmatic people, offer a window into this rare world. The guide covers the city’s famed Stag weekends and Eurovision Song Contest, along with its tumultuous history and gorgeous Pärnu beach. Informed commentary covers where to dine, play, and stay, and a special chapter covers gay and lesbian travel.

Baltic States Insight Guide (Insight Guides)

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From Riga to Kurzeme, and from Vilnius to Aukstaitija, this guide to the Baltic States covers it all. Illustrated with hundreds of full-colour photographs and 11 maps you won't want to leave without it. The places section contains a region-by-region breakdown; with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced to detailed local maps. Incisive essays on each island's history, people and culture provide background on everything from folklore to its rich tradition in arts and literature. The best of the Baltics section features magazine-style, illustrated double-page spreads, giving a handy overview of each region's highlights, from its world-heritage cities to its crafts and local markets. A travel tips section includes practical listings, including accommodation, restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes, entertainment, nightlife, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers.

Best of Tallinn

Regis St Louis

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Explore the narrow cobbled streets, 13th-century churches and looming fortress walls of Tallinn’s medieval Old Town, then embrace its future in a stylish bar, contemporary gallery or up-to-the-minute boutique. Refresh yourself on a wind-swept beach or tour of the islands then warm up in a 15th-century wine cellar or traditional Estonian sauna. Whatever your pleasure, find the best of Tallinn with this inspirational guide.

Discover Tallinn – hand-picked highlights and the best museum and gallery listings help make the most of your time in this medieval treasure

Recommended Walking Tours help you get your bearings within the tangle of cobbled lanes

Sleep Soundly – discerning reviews guide you to restored guesthouses and lavish boutique hotels

Shop Around – where to find Soviet memorabilia and the best new Estonian design

Full Color Fold-Out Maps make navigation easy